See, for several examples, that 2009 New Yorker profile, sprinkled throughout with instances of Arpaio worming his way toward being close to celebrities, and commanding media presence at various cruel stunts.

Despite Trump’s low approval ratings and the relentless developments involving Russia’s election meddling — which now feature Donald Trump Jr. in a starring role — the president still commands loyalty from a significant slice of the GOP base.

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Origin and Etymology of command

Middle English comanden, from Anglo-French cumander, from Vulgar Latin *commandare, alteration of Latin commendare to commit to one's charge — more at commend

Examples of command in a Sentence

We started to teach the dog simple commands like “sit” and “lie down.”

You can perform several actions with keyboard commands.

The system recognizes voice commands.

He was relieved of his command after being charged with misconduct.

Who is the officer in command of the unit?

I assumed command of the business after my father's death.

He immediately took command of the situation.

He finally felt in command of his life.

Recent Examples of command from the Web

The Navy last week said the Fitzgerald's captain was being relieved of his command and other sailors were being punished after poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch were found to have contributed to its collision.

While Lady didn’t last long on the show (Ned Stark was forced to execute the poor pup in place of Nymeria at Cersei’s command back in season one), Zunni, who played her for two episodes, is still very much part of the Thrones family.

Coordination and communication between the French and British armies broke down almost immediately; within a few days, most phone and supply lines had been cut, and the Allied command system had virtually ceased to function.

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Word Root of command

The Latin word mandāre, meaning “to commit” or “to order,” gives us the root mand. Words from the Latin mandāre have something to do with committing or ordering. When a task is mandatory, someone has ordered that it must be done. To command is to order someone to do something. A mandate is an order from an authority to follow specific instructions.